My desktop is about simplicity and efficiency. All my files are tucked away in my home directory where they should be. I have access to all my programs with a simple left mouse click anywhere while I have access to all my active programs with a simple right mouse click anywhere.

Having multiple desktops is nice. If I have the TV in full screen mode on desktop 1 I can have Firefox in full screen mode on desktop 2. Just moving the mouse over to the edge switches desktops.

My desktop is about simplicity and efficiency. All my files are tucked away in my home directory where they should be. I have access to all my programs with a simple left mouse click anywhere while I have access to all my active programs with a simple right mouse click anywhere.

Having multiple desktops is nice. If I have the TV in full screen mode on desktop 1 I can have Firefox in full screen mode on desktop 2. Just moving the mouse over to the edge switches desktops.

Well, if Smurf thought I was boring, I can't wait until he sees your desktop! Hmmm...you're making me want Linux! Usually, the only thing on my desktop is my hard drive icon (which I can't make hide) and one or two files that I'm actively working on. I have more than that right now because I'm actively juggling a few projects, and just like having the documents on the desktop to remember what I'm working on. All the other related files are tucked away in folders where they belong too. It used to drive me crazy when I had to share computers with people and they'd leave stuff all over the desktop.

GNU/Linux is customizable all the way down to the kernel. Notice how I placed the close, expand, minimize buttons on the left rather then the right. You could easily remove them completely and use mouse gestures instead of buttons. You could make the titlebar larger or smaller or have none at all. Every key is programmable and can execute whatever type of script you want. You can enable/disable desktop icons. You can choose to have expose program switching. You can choose to have a OSX dock. The options are endless.

You can't get this type of customization anywhere else. As the old saying goes: Buying proprietary software is like buying a car with the hood welded shut.

Forgot that was still there. I had that before school started because whenever I wanted to remember what classes I was taking in which order, I would forget. So I had a solution.... Time to take it off

My computer desktop is as cluttered as my real desktop. But I can find anything instantaneously because I remember where everything is. Clutter doesn't matter to people with photographic memories.

One of my favorite sayings is "a clean desk is a sign of a cluttered mind".

My desktop and my desk are two completely different animals. Well, maybe not. I tend to keep my desk uncluttered, it's the whole rest of the office that is cluttered. Once I reached the stage of having my own office instead of having to share one, I could return to old habits of stacking stuff in piles on the floor. I only lose things when I clean.